No remorse.

"We will never give up, we will never concede...."After this, we're going to walk down there, and I'll be there with you, we're going to walk down... to the Capitol and we are going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women...."  ~Donald J. trump~

 As the traitors and insurrectionist from the attempted coup on January 6, 2021 continue to be rounded up and arrested, their ringleader and puppeteer- in- chief continues to be defiant. 

Make no mistake, Donald J. trump should be doing a perp -walk along with the rest of his minions, because he is just as culpable as the hooligans who smashed windows, urinated, and defecated in the capitol on that tragic day. Five people lost their lives because of Donald J. trump's ego and recklessness. And yet, from all accounts, all he really cared about was the optics of the riots and the fact that he was recently booted off of twitter. (He had to be begged before he ordered the flag flown at half-mast for that capitol police officer who was beaten to death by his supporters.) Republicans, to their everlasting shame, are just as culpable. They made a Faustian bargain with Donald trump four years ago, and they are now keeping their part of the deal. Rather than come out and condemn the president for his actions, people like Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio have been looking everywhere for straw men to detract from the real issue at hand. They, like the rest of these republican politicians, have been using false equivalence to compare the black lives matter movement to the rioters and insurrectionist who tried and failed to overthrow the government.

As we get closer to inauguration day, the FBI is warning us of more possible danger from the trump loving domestic terrorists. Now, incredibly, they have their eyes set on various state capitols as well, and their goal appears to be to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power from their Dear Leader to Joe Biden. 

I wish I could say that they won't be successful, because, sadly, they have their tentacles in various law enforcement agencies across the country, and these individuals are just as committed as the rest of their MAGA cohorts. After the events of January 6th, a few of the capitol police were suspended because of their actions on that day. Apparently they were taking selfies with the rioters and opening doors for some of them to come in to the capitol and commit felonies. This is all way too scary. I hate to say it, but we are in a civil war right now. 

Today, for the first time since encouraging this supporters to riot in Washington, Mr. trump made some statements about the current state of affairs.

 “Free speech is under assault like never before.....The 25th Amendment is of zero risk to me but will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration.....As the expression goes, be careful what you wish for.”   ~ Donald J. trump~

Right back at ya, big guy.